Display-rack



R. FARIES.

DISPLAY RAOK.

(No Mudel.)

Patented July 23, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT FARIES, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

DISPLAY-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,340, dated July 23,1889.

Application filed December 7, 1888. Serial No. 292,881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT FARIES, of the city of Decatur, county ofMacon, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usef ulImprovements in Display-Rack s, oi. which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists of an'arm having a curved end passing through aneye in a fixed support, the said arm being used singly or in setsvariously arranged, as will hereinafter appear.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a single arm supported from a wall-bracket. Fig. 2represents an arm supported on a pod estal and provided with auxiliaryarms held in collars that may be either fixed or movable on the mainarm. Fig. 3 indicates the manner of constructing racks with arms,crossrods, and shelves; and Fig. 4 shows the joint with the eye incross-section.

The arm is indicated by reference-letter a, the curved portion by a, thesupport by b, and the eye by b. In Fig. 3 rods supported by auxiliaryarms on a pair of main arms are indicated by letter 0, and a shelfsimilarly supported is shown at d. slightly larger than the arm, so thatthe curved portion of the arm may be adjusted longitudin ally therein,in which case the arm will swing radially in a vertical plane, asindicated by the positions shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1.. In additionto this motion, the arm may be swung sidewise in its bearing, thuspermitting lateral as well as vertical adjustment, and it is held, whenadjusted, by its own weight and the weight of its load, which cramps thecurved portion in the eye and develops enough friction to prevent sidemotion. A twisting motion is impossible to the arm, so that rests Theeye-perforation is' and supports of various kinds may extend in anydesired direction from the arm and carry the articles to be displayed.

To adj ust the device vertically,itis only necessary to sustain theweight of the arm and its load, when the curved portion may be readilymoved through the eye. To adjust laterally, the device is simply swungfrom side to side.

Set-screws are shown in the bearings of the arms; but they are notordinarily used. WVhen some particular position is to be longmaintained, it may be well, as an extra precaution, to set the screwsagainst the arms.

As shown in the drawings, the device may be used singly or in setsvariously arranged, and the bracket or base that forms the support maybe vertical, horizontal, or any intermediate angle. Supports may beformed entirely of shelves or of rods supported as shown, and in case ashow-window is to be decorated a main stand may be used, together witharms, single or compound, supported in brackets secured to the walls.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent An ad'ustable suort com risin an arm J pp P r:

ROBT. FARIES.

Attcst:

WM. Esunmcn, L. P. GRAHAM.

